Project Continues to Confront Clean Water Challenge in Ecuador

“The community understandably does not have a positive view of their water system and we hope to change and fix that,” says Fulton.

Her interest in EfID-GMU started back when she first joined Mason. She was immediately interested in the work EfID does and likened it to Doctors Without Borders, except with engineers.

“I am immensely proud of the club’s involvement,” she says. “Although we haven’t been able to provide students with international development work in the past couple years due to COVID-19, I’m happy everyone is coming back and ready to go this year.”

Mason engineering professor Mathew Doyle oversees the water sustainability project. EfID-GMU exists for students to participate in community-driven development programs worldwide through the design and implementation of sustainable engineering projects while fostering responsible leadership. g